Re: [PATCH] regulator core: fix double-free in regulator_register()error path

[Paul Walmsley]

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Paul Walmsley wrote:

> During regulator registration, any error after device_register() will 
> cause a double-free on the struct regulator_dev 'rdev'.  The bug is in 
> drivers/regulator/core.c:regulator_register():
>
> ...
> 
> device_unregister() calls regulator_dev_release() which frees rdev.  The 
> subsequent kfree corrupts memory and causes some OMAP3 systems to oops on 
> boot in regulator_get().

For the 3430SDP users out there, this patch also fixes the boot hang after 
"regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving VAUX3 on"
on that device.

- Paul
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